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Is it just my poor understanding of currency exchange, but doesn't that mean the THB has deceased in value against the Ringgit? It looks like the Malaysians will now get 125THB for their 10 Ringgit. Maybe this could explain the sudden interest in Malaysians to travel to the southern provinces.

Correct. We need a new proof reader as well as a writer that can do math.

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Is it just my poor understanding of currency exchange, but doesn't that mean the THB has deceased in value against the Ringgit? It looks like the Malaysians will now get 125THB for their 10 Ringgit. Maybe this could explain the sudden interest in Malaysians to travel to the southern provinces.

It is an error in the article. For many years it cost 10 Ringgit to buy 100 baht, now it costs over 12 which means the Ringgit has devalued!

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Common sense, now is year end school holidays for Singapore and Malaysia. Most parents would bring their children oversea for holiday. As the Malaysia economy is not good now, they choose a nearer and cheaper country for holiday. The RM not only fare poor to BAHT only,it's over RM3 to SGD 1 now.

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Wonder if TAT or Thai immigration actually have a calendar that shows Malaysian holidays. Monday is a holiday in Malaysia. Also many may be using up what is left of their company holiday time which can be up to 18 days a year. Both organizations may wish to note this when planning marketing or staffing.

No, no, no! You must not think like that. That is western style logical thinking. Not readily welcome in Thailand. Tut tut tut........

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Is it just my poor understanding of currency exchange, but doesn't that mean the THB has deceased in value against the Ringgit? It looks like the Malaysians will now get 125THB for their 10 Ringgit. Maybe this could explain the sudden interest in Malaysians to travel to the southern provinces.

Yeah! This is the way I see it to.

If 100 Baht bought you 10 Ringgit before, and now only buys you 8, then either the Ringgit increased against the Thai Baht, or the Thai Baht decrease over the Ringgit. Same! Same! But different!

One Ringgit now buys 1.25 Baht where before it bought 1 Baht. So the Ringgit increased over the Thai Baht by 25%.

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Is it just my poor understanding of currency exchange, but doesn't that mean the THB has deceased in value against the Ringgit? It looks like the Malaysians will now get 125THB for their 10 Ringgit. Maybe this could explain the sudden interest in Malaysians to travel to the southern provinces.

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One big part of the problem is the immigration officers spending 5 minutes flicking back and forth between passport pages for every single traveller and looking arrogant and pissed of on top of this. The ones who are not manning the booths walk around and drink coffee and play with their phones.